Although Tepanov did not tell the whole story of the Chinese army, even so, Bashkov did not dare to attack Yaksa easily, because the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army was somewhat beyond Bashkov. He therefore decided to first establish himself on defending the city of Nebchu.
First, guard the city well, and then send a small group of two or three hundred cavalry to the villages near the city of Yaquesa, Zhuang Town to harass and rob, test the actual combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, and also rob some food and supplies. and money, because Russia does not provide logistics supplements and military pay to the army in Nebchu City, everything can only be self-sufficient, and of course the Russian army cannot open up land and farm in Nebchu City. The best way is to rob it. .
Although the Chinese army has more troops in the Heilongjiang River Basin than the Russian army, because the defense area is too wide, there is only one division and a cavalry regiment in the city of Yaxa, so they dare not take the initiative to attack Nibchu easily because they have too wide a defense area. The city launched an attack, but the Chinese army did not show any weakness for the harassment of the Russian army. It also dispersed the army into units of companies to inspect the surrounding areas of the city of Jaxa to protect the local people.
The city of Jaquessa and Nebchu are about 300 kilometers apart, and the two sides launched a Rama War in this vast area.
During this period, more than a dozen small-scale battles occurred on both sides. Although the results were mutually beneficial, overall, the Chinese army had a clear advantage because most of the battlefields were close to the side of the city of Jaquessa. The Chinese army is obviously better than the Russian army in terms of weapons. Not only does muskets fire far, but also have much faster firing rate. There are also many light mortars, even if infantry against cavalry, they will not be at all inferior. In addition, militias have been formed in villages around Jaxa, which can basically protect themselves. The military forces are of course much better than the Russian army.
However, the Russian army is full of cavalry. Once the battle situation is unfavorable, they can escape immediately. Sometimes they can attack one by one and catch the Chinese army off guard, so they are not completely powerless to fight back.
During the period from the Russian reinforcements to the city of Nibchu and Tong Dayong's army arrived at the city of Yaxa, the Chinese army wiped out a total of 735 Russian troops and captured 82 people, and themselves He was killed, missing 455 people and injured 237 people. Judging from the results of the battle, the Chinese army did gain a clear advantage.
After Tong Dayong's men arrived in Yaquesa City, the Chinese army had assembled two infantry divisions and two cavalry brigades in the Heilongjiang River Basin, with a total of about 32,000 troops and more than 200 ships of various types. The local militia forces can be drawn for three to five thousand. The residents of this area are actually very brave. Moreover, after more than a year of military training by the Chinese army, their actual combat effectiveness is not bad, but they lack the experience of organizing and large corps in combat. .
The actual strength of the Chinese army has exceeded that of the Russian army, so Tong Dayong also decided to take the initiative to launch an attack on the city of Nebchu.
Now the city of Nebchu is Russia's only stationed place in the southeast. Once the city of Nebchu is captured, the Russian army will not have any stationed place in the area east of Lake Baikal. China can basically guarantee that from Lake Baikal to Lake Baikal to The security of the Great Xing'an Mountains and the southeastern region of the Outer Xing'an Mountains, so this time, Tong Dayong was determined to win the battle to attack Nibchu City, dispatched an infantry division, a cavalry brigade and a cavalry regiment, and a total of 3,000 civilian troops. With a force of about 21,000, there were only more than 120 ships accompanying him, while the remaining division and a cavalry regiment were responsible for stationing in the city of Yaquesa and transporting food and grass for logistics.
After the troops gathered together, the Chinese army set out from Yaksa City on May 25 and launched an attack on the city of Nibchu along Heilongjiang. At the same time, the Russian army also learned that the Chinese army was about to attack Nibchu. Chucheng's emergency response is also actively trying to deal with it.
After these two months of small groups of troops fighting, Bashkov also basically figured out that the Chinese army is indeed an advanced weapon, well-trained and rich combat experience, and with the reinforcements of the Chinese army When we arrived at the city of Yaquesa, the military strength was far greater than that of the Russian army, so the chances of the Russian army winning this battle were not high.
However, Russia was originally a nation with extremely fierce personality and warlike martial arts. Of course, it would not eliminate the fear of fighting just because it was at a disadvantage in its strength. In addition, through the battles in the first two months, Bashkov also found a little bit of the story. , The Russian army does not have no advantage over the Chinese army, because the Russian army has a large number of cavalry and is like the wind. This is also a major advantage of the Russian army. If used well, the Cossack cavalry can still play a very good role. It has a great role, so if you can fully utilize the advantages of the cavalry in combat against the Chinese army, you may not have no chance of winning.
So Bashkov and Tepanov and others discussed, and finally decided to concentrate all the cavalry to take the initiative, first attack the Chinese army's troops or supplies with a small group of cavalry. After dragging the Chinese army to exhaust them, Concentrate your troops and attack the main force of the Chinese army, and strive to defeat the Chinese army in one fell swoop.
After the battle plan was determined, the Russian army immediately divided the work, leaving behind Tepanov to guard the city of Nibchu, Bashkov and deputy general Bektov led 10,000 cavalry to fight, and divided the 10,000 cavalry into two groups. , 5,000 cavalry were left to accumulate energy, while the other 5,000 cavalry were divided into five squads of thousands of people, and they were divided into squads of the Chinese army.
Two days later, the Chinese army crossed the Ergun River and encountered the first attack from the Russian army.
The Russian army is studying the Chinese army, but the Chinese army is also studying the Russian army. After sending troops, Tong Dayong knew that the Russian army had a large number of cavalry, and was good at cavalry shooting, and was good at raiding with light cavalry, so when sending troops There were enough cavalry troops in the area, with a total of three cavalry regiments, with a cavalry of more than 8,000 cavalrymen being sent to marches around the brigade of troops to conduct early warning.
As a result, when the Russian cavalry was three or four miles away from the Chinese army, they were discovered by the Chinese army and sent a warning signal to the brigade of attack. After receiving the signal, Tong Dayong immediately dispatched two battalions of troops. The defense line was laid to cover the marching of the large group of people.
As a result, when the Russian cavalry arrived, the Chinese army had already set up a formation and launched a volley of guns at the Russian cavalry. Because the Chinese army's musket range was too long, the Russian army rushed twice or three times. Even they could not break through the Chinese army's formation, but on the contrary, nearly 100 Russian soldiers were killed.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the other Russian troops also turned their horses and prepared to retreat. But at this moment, a cavalry camp of the Chinese army rushed up, and the cavalry of both sides seized and killed each other, and opened up. Fierce battle.
Although the Chinese and Russian troops have fought many times, this is the first time that a large-scale war between the cavalry of both sides. In a moment, dust spreads everywhere on the battlefield, people shouted, horses neighed, swords flashed, and muskets were mixed from time to time. The sound of shooting, the war was very fierce.
In the era of cold weapons, the Cossack cavalry was intimidating Europe with its fast speed, strong mobility, great lethality, and bravery. Although the Russian cavalry is now equipped with muskets, it is still essentially In the cold weapon era, the way of fighting was to attack the war horses, and then conduct close combat operations. In addition, muskets are rarely used in combat, and still use bows, arrows, spears and sabers as the main weapons, and bows are used at long ranges. When shooting, at close range, the main fighting technique is to use a saber to chop and chop.
However, when fighting on horseback, the advantages of the Cossack cavalry in height, weight and strength were not obvious. The competition was more about the speed, strength and soldiers' skills. In this era, the war horses used by the Cossack cavalry were still Mongolian horses. Later, The famous Don hippo only appeared in the 19th century, but when the Qing court destroyed and the inner and outer Mongolian tribes were conquered, China also had a large number of high-quality pastures and introduced excellent foreign horse breeds for a large number of mating and breeding. Therefore, the number and quality of the Chinese army's war horses have improved greatly compared to before the founding of the People's Republic of China. In terms of quality of war horses, they are already stronger than that of the Cossack cavalry.
Although the Cossacks are a nation on horseback after all, and they are still better than the cavalry of the Chinese Army in terms of overall cavalry, the Chinese Army's cavalry's usual training and cavalry skills are also quite strict, so the cavalry of the Chinese Army is therefore quite strict. The quality is not inferior to the Cossack cavalry, which is close combat on horseback. Whether it is stabbing with a spear or slashing with a sabre, the cavalry of the Chinese army is not weaker than the cavalry of the Russian army, and the Russian army's individual soldiers Although the combat power is strong, because it is a nomadic people, the battle mostly relies on individual combat. The cavalry of the Chinese army is obviously much stronger than the Russian army in terms of overall impact and killing formation.
Moreover, the cavalry of the Chinese army is a standard modern cavalry. It is used in a mixture of hot and cold weapons, and is equipped with a batch of muskets specially suitable for cavalry warfare, including long and short, and long guns and long guns are used for long range. and short guns are used for close combat.
Because the range of the bow and arrow and spear has passed, but has not yet reached the distance between the two sides entering close combat, the short gun can also fully exert its power, because the distance at this time is too close, so the short gun The hit rate of muskets is also very high. Many Russian soldiers were about to approach the enemy and were about to slash hard, but they saw the opponent's hand lifted, and there was a "bang" sound, and the fire was shining. As soon as it explodes, a huge pain will come from a part of your body, and you will fall down from the horse's back, or the war horse under your seat will cry out and fall to the ground with a scream.
Therefore, after half an hour of fierce fighting, the Russian army was obviously at a disadvantage, and more than half of the troops were damaged. The other Russian army saw that the situation was not good for themselves, so they did not dare to fight for a long time, and they retreated from the battlefield one after another. Fleeing far north,
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