Daming Military Empire

Chapter 469
Tunguska City is a typical military fortress. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. On the top of the mountain is a four-story bastion built by the Ming army according to the terrain.

This city will be the water and land hub of the Siberian Plateau in the future, so the Ming army put great effort into its construction. On this day, Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Wenzhao were jointly inspecting the construction of the southern city wall. Marshal Cao, Deputy Marshal Cao, the liaison ship of the East China Sea Fleet has arrived at the port in the west of the city, and they said that General Chen Hui and Chen Hui have led the fleet over, and they will arrive in about an hour."

When Lu Xiangsheng heard the news, he smiled happily and said, "Hahahaha, the East China Sea Fleet has finally arrived. Inform all the commanders of the army to hold a meeting in the commander's tent. General Cao, let's go. Let's go to the port to meet General Chen."

After all, he took the lead and walked towards the port. Some of the guards behind him scattered to give orders, while others scattered to both sides to guard Lu Xiangsheng and walked forward. Cao Wenzhao responded respectfully and followed quickly. .

Not long after the group arrived at the port, dozens of Fuchuan warships appeared on the river in the distance. The sun, moon and dragon flag fluttered in the wind on the leading warship. It was the temporary flagship of Chen Hui, the commander of the East China Sea Fleet.

Fu Chuan battleship quickly entered the port under the propulsion of the wheel oars. Chen Hui saw that Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Wenzhao came to greet him in person, and quickly commanded the flagship to dock first. Before the flagship stopped, he ordered people to release the hanging ladder , quickly ran off the boat, came to Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Wenzhao, gave a standard military salute, and said loudly: "The last general, Chen Hui, see Marshal Lu and Deputy Marshal Cao."

Lu Xiang returned a military salute, then stepped forward with a smile, held Chen Hui's hand and said, "General Chen, we have been waiting for a long time, let's go, let's discuss the details of the next step."

After finishing speaking, he led Chen Hui to the city.

At this time, the walls of Tunguska City had almost been built, and there were no buildings in the city, only the ground had just been leveled, but the military tents were densely packed, covering the entire city.

When Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Wenzhao led Chen Hui to the commander's tent, the generals of the various legions had already gathered around the sides of the sand table model to discuss.

After a while of greetings and pleasantries, Lu Xiangsheng didn't hesitate, and directly picked up the white wax pole and said loudly: "Everyone, winter is approaching, we must take down the entire Siberian Plateau as soon as possible, and it is too late when the railway line extends to the main trunk of the Yeni River. Warships of the East China Sea Fleet project forces into unoccupied areas.”

After all, he began to point to the sand table model to divide the area. Due to time constraints, the infantry did not gather together this time, but dispersed to the junctions of the major tributaries and main branches in the east of the Yeni River and various land passages to build ridges. Fort, for defense, the cavalry still searched along the major tributaries. If they could find the main force of Tsarist Russia, they would concentrate their forces to encircle and wipe them out. If they could not find them, they would recover all the tribes along the coast.

Although this kind of tactic is a little conservative, it wins in a steady way. Even if the main force of Tsarist Russia is hidden on the east bank of the Yeni River, the Ming army is unlikely to be defeated in an avalanche.

Of course, now that Golovin has withdrawn, the entire Siberian Plateau does not have the main force of Tsarist Russia, so the Ming army is advancing as fast as ever. By the end of September, when the weather started to turn cold, the Ming army had almost occupied the entire Siberian Plateau. .

At this time, Golovin had just joined the 20 reinforcements.

Rozov’s beloved general Dmitry Franzbekov led the reinforcements this time. Before he came, Rozov had given him tips in face-to-face. Facing the Ming army, he should not force it. It should be taken according to the situation in the Far East. Flexible tactics.

If the Ming army is still wandering in the Siberian Plateau, they can use the tributaries of the Lena River and the Yeni River to deal with the Ming army, entangle the Ming army in the Siberian Plateau, and wait for opportunities to defeat them one by one.

If the Ming army underestimated the enemy and rushed into the Siberian Plain, then find a way to go around behind them and cut off their food roads.

The reason why Rozov proposed such a conservative tactic was also a helpless move. Although he knew from the beginning that the Ming Empire was a hornet's nest, he never expected that the Ming Empire would react so violently with a slight poke.

According to the analysis of information collected from various sources, the Ming Empire dispatched at least a million troops. If they fought head-on, they would have no chance of winning at all. Only surprises could win.

This tactic happened to coincide with Golovin's idea, but the Ming army did not follow their routine at all. Just as the two were discussing the specific battle plan on the map, bad news came one by one.

First, the main branch of the Yeni River was blocked by the fleet of the Ming army, and then there were a large number of Ming army building fortresses at the intersections of the various tributaries to the east, and then, the entire east bank of the Yeni River gradually lost news.

The Ming army did not linger on the Siberian Plateau, and had already rushed to the junction of the Siberian Plateau and the Siberian Plain; Build a fortress, and there is a posture that you can't stick to it.

Now Golovin and Franzbekov were completely dumbfounded. They were rushing and not rushing, which was completely inconsistent with their ideas!
Seeing that the temperature is getting colder and the sky is full of wind and snow, Golovin and Franzbekov can only disperse their troops to various fortresses in the Siberian Plain to prevent the Ming army from raiding, and at the same time send people to the imperial capital Report the situation and wait for Rozov's instructions.

They don't have a train, so even if they speed up the boat, it will take a month to travel from the Siberian plains to the imperial capital. By then, the world will be covered with ice and snow, and the battle will probably not be fought until next year.

In fact, the Ming army also planned this way. Zhu Cijiong knew when he made the plan that this year, in just over two months, it would be impossible to occupy the entire Siberia no matter what. Therefore, the first phase of the plan will end at the east bank of the Yeni River. up.

As soon as the Ming army finished building the fortresses everywhere, the temperature began to drop sharply, the north wind howled, the sky was overcast, and it seemed that it was going to snow heavily.

At this time, a train full of grain and grass roared through the Siberian Plateau and arrived at Tunguska City. Then, the grain and grass were transported by the East China Sea Fleet to various fortresses on the front line, and the trains that came over did not return empty. The Legion began to board the train and hurry back.

Siberia can be frozen for half a year. If all the millions of troops and 70 people who built the railway were left here, the food and grass needed would be countless. Even if there is a railway, it is difficult to survive the frozen period. It has been transported before, so most of the personnel must be withdrawn.

The first to withdraw were the six vassal state legions and the [-] Liaodong guards. Then, the First Frontier Defense Army, the Second Frontier Defense Army, the Second Expeditionary Army, and the Zhongyong Army withdrew one after another, leaving only the Tianxiong Army and Guan Ning Army. Five elite regiments, the Liaodong Army, the Dongjiang Army, and the Dingliao Army, were stationed at the front.

With the fighting power of the Ming army, these five legions are enough to deal with the attack of the entire Tsarist Russia. Coupled with the cooperation of the East China Sea Fleet, even if the anti-Habsburg alliance attacks with all its strength, it is impossible to break through their defense.

At this time, Zhu Cijiong, who was far away in Manjingwei, was also preparing to return to the capital. He came to Sun Chengzong's cemetery, paid respects to him, and then stood up, looking at the west like the statue of Sun Chengzong, firmly Said: "I will not let you go easily, next year, fight again!"

How will this battle end?At the end of this volume, please see the decomposition of the next volume.

(End of this chapter)